Being part of the Yamamoto Pro Team, I get asked a lot of questions

about the various products produced by Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits.

Since the recent release of the Swimming Senko, that bait has taken over

as the most asked about bait (for the time being).

JT Bagwell

Don't fish the Swimming Senko weightless. The Swimbait tail over-powers the head so the action is unrealistic.

Don't fish the lure with a slip sinker. When the sinker slides down the line away from the lure, it essentially becomes a weightless lure again with an unnatural action.

The best sinker weight overall is a ¼-ounce Screw Loc sinker. A standard hook-embedded Texas-rig arrangement also seems to work best.

This is essentially a shallow water lure, most effective at depths down to about five feet. As time progresses, anglers will certainly find ways to increase this depth range.

You can catch Bass rigging it weightless but I agree that it works better with a weight heavy enough to pull it down fast enough to make the tail 'work'.

6 lber: 5/16 oz, rattling, Gambler screw-in weight, and a 4/0 Sugoi hook:

3 lber, same T-rig as above:

1 lber, weightless SS with a 4/0 Sugoi:

3 lber, same rig as above:

Dan

So Dan,

Whaddya think,

does it work? 8-)

JT, thanks for the very informative article. I've been wondering how that bait would be best utilized.

Falcon

another 1 in the list 2 try in 2k7!!

thanks for reminding me!!!!

Do they work good on a Crig? I'm guessing they would....

Got to get me some of those. Baitmonkey is drooling, and hasnt been feed for a couple days.

Thanks for the article....BTW, if you have any overflow of GYCB products, feel free to PM me to work out the details of me taking them off your hands, LOL!!!

Dan, those are fine looking fish, and, sir, you have got one fine fishing wardrobe. 8-)

Dan, you fishing in that private Bill Dance pond?  

Nice fish!

Brad

another 1 in the list 2 try in 2k7!!

thanks for reminding me!!!!

They are already on their way buddy  Hehehe!

Great bass Lightninrod ;D, my question does a smimming senko work better then the original?

Very interesting  :

I see a trip to Hwy 21 E. at Pendleton Bridge, Route1 in the near future  

I was looking at the swimming senko last night at the store.  To me it looks like it would work nothing like a senko.  It's going to be a much faster moving bait then the senko and it's very tail heavy.  This is right on the mark of what Gary Yamamoto was looking for when he created this new bait.  Alot of the articals say to use a screw-in weight with this bait.  WOULD A PEG WORK BETTER THEN A SCREW-IN WEIGHT DO TO THE FACT THAT GYCB ARE SUCH A SOFT BAIT THAT TEND TO BREAK APART EASY?

The SS seems to be made of a different soft plastic formula than that used with the original Senko. I havn't gotten anyone over on Inside Line to confirm that but the SS seems to be made of a tougher soft plastic so the screw-in weights I use(no longer made ) don't damage the SSs that easily. I prefer not to peg a weight but you surely can.

They are totally different and yet, somewhat similar :-?... The weighted SSs needs to be moved rather rapidly to make the tail 'work' As to whether the SS works better, I haven't thrown an original Senko since I bought the SS but I'm running out of them soon so I'll revert back to the originals.

No "Bill Dance pond" ;D. Those Bass were caught at my boss's pond(s).

nb: Thank you for the kind words.

Dan

lightninrod:

Thanks for the info I guess I need to just buy some and try them out. What rod do you prefer with this bait M,MH,H ect.? A orignal senko I prefer a 7 foot med. with a fast action when fished weightless. This might be to light with the weight and faster action they need to be fished at.  What colors do you prefer?  More of a shad color because of the swimming action?

I use their #222 color much of the time as you can see in the pics.  # 213 and #196 are two favorites also.

I use both a Medium Kistler 7' LTA Helium(weightless) and a Medium Heavy MB Jabberwock(T-rigged with a weight) rod for them.

Dan

Dan,

Those are some nice fish. It appears that you don't need the article.   ;D

JT Bagwell

Definitely stronger otherwise the tail would disappear on every bite. Bait is lasting us 5-7 bass per bait. I don't find much difference between screw-in weight or otherwise. Definitely a bait that versatility retrieve requires. Fast - fast/slow - stop/go - slow: different retrieves for different conditions, different cover.

They catch a lot of fish and big fish: our biggest so far over 10.

They last longer than the Senko, but they are not meant to replace the Senko.

You can bury the hook with a Senko but your hookup ratio with the Swim Senko will suffer with a buried hook. Skin hook/Tex-posed is the way to go.

We are using 1/4 and 3/16 ounce weights.

Just a little SwimSenko fish:

Nice Fish George.

I wish I could catch bass that "little" here in Northern Illinois.

JT Bagwell

JT - they be southern bass so you have to go to south Illinois.

JT - they be southern bass so you have to go to south Illinois.

LOL  That's all I have to do?

Thanks for the valuable advice. lol

JT Bagwell

Good post and very nice fishes.

For me it has been a complete failure but I'll give them another shot this year.

Thanks for the article.

Dang, Dan-you are tearing them up!  Nice fish!